Reduce updateLinksTimestamp() DB contention

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / RELEASE-NOTES-1.27

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@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ production.
    creation of passwordless "system" users for logged actions.
 * $wgMaxSquidPurgeTitles was removed.
 * $wgAjaxWatch was removed. This is now enabled by default.
-* $wgUseInstantCommons now hotlinks Commons images by default instead of 
+* $wgUseInstantCommons now hotlinks Commons images by default instead of
   downloading originals and thumbnailing them locally. This allows wikis to save
   on CPU and bandwidth while reducing time to first byte for pages, even without
   a thumbnail handler. See $wgForeignFileRepos documentation for tweaks.
 * (T27397) WebP is enabled by default as an uploadable filetype.
+* (T48998) $wgArticlePath must now be either a full url, or start with a "/".
 
 === New features in 1.27 ===
 * $wgDataCenterId and $wgDataCenterRoles where added, which will serve as
@@ -73,10 +74,16 @@ production.
   by using ApiMessage instances instead of strings for the $result value.
 * $wgAPIMaxLagThreshold was added to limit bot changes when databases lag
   becomes too high.
+* Skins and extensions can now use FlexBox mixins (.flex-display(@display: flex)
+  and .flex(@grow: 1, @shrink: 1, @width: auto, @order: 1)) in Less to create
+  cross-browser-compatible FlexBox rules. Users will still need to add fallback
+  float rules or the like for compatibility with IE9- separately.
 
 ==== External libraries ====
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.27 ===
+* Special:Upload will now display correct maximum allowed file size when running
+  under HHVM (T116347).
 
 === Action API changes in 1.27 ===
 * Added list=allrevisions.
@@ -98,6 +105,8 @@ MediaWiki supports over 350 languages. Many localisations are updated
 regularly. Below only new and removed languages are listed, as well as
 changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 
+* (T113688) Change default numerals from Gurmukhi to Arabic for Punjabi locale.
+
 === Other changes in 1.27 ===
 * ProfilerOutputUdp was removed. Note that there is a ProfilerOutputStats class.
 * WikiPage::doDeleteArticleReal() and WikiPage::doDeleteArticle() now
@@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ changes to languages because of Bugzilla reports.
 * LinkCache::getGoodLinks and LinkCache::getBadLinks were removed (deprecated in 1.26).
 * WikiPage::doQuickEdit() was removed (deprecated since 1.21).
 * Removed SiteObject and SiteArray classes (deprecated in 1.21).
+* MessageBlobStore::getInstance() was removed (deprecated since 1.25).
 
 == Compatibility ==